white



(No Model.)

. J. WHITE. LAMP FOR BIGYULES OR OTHER VEHICLES.

No. 585,609. Patented June 29, 189 7 NITED STATES PATENT rricn.

JAMES H. IVHITE, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE MANHAT- TAN BRASS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAMP FOR BICYCLES OR OTHER VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,609, dated June 29, 1897. Application filed December 26,1896. Serial No. 616,969. (No model.)

to the bottom end of the body and allowing for the easy removal of the same, and in addition to this the movement of the lamp is liable to cause the oil to spread more or less upon the exterior of the wick-tube and the parts adjacent to the same, so that it becomes necessary to wipe off such oil and otheraccumulations in keeping the lamp in aconditi'on in which it is not liable to smell and become offensive. Besides the foregoing it is important to be able to light the lamp without the risk of the wind blowing the same out, and in addition to the front glass or lens side glasses, usually'colored, have been provided of a prismatic character.

In the present invention an air-distri-buter in the form of a circular plate or ring is permanently fastened to the conical upper portion of the oil-reservoir, and the same is of a size to set within the metal body or chimney of the lamp, and the fastening device for the body engages the edge of the air-distributer, and the metalbody sets down around the airdistributer and rests upon the top of the reservoir. Hence the parts can be made very strong and there is opportunity to wipe off the under surface of the air-distributer as well as the upper surface to remove oil or other'accumulations, and a spring upon the lamp-body is used to catch under and engage the edge of the air-distributer for firmly connecting the parts. I also provide a slot in the side of the lamp -body and an eyeletshaped frame for holding the glass, there being a slide with an opening at the end for the tubular portion of the frame to passthrough and a ring within the lamp-body, so asto hold the glass in its position, but allow'it to he slid back and forth for opening or closing the slot in the side of the lamp-body for intro-- ducing a match or for blowing out the light.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of the lamp complete. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the reservoir detached. Fig. 3 is a side View of the same, and Fig. 4 is a sec tional plan of the side glasses and the eyeletshaped frames and slides for supporting the same.

The reservoir A is of any desired size and character, but it is provided with a shoulder l 2 and a conical or flaring upper portion 3 1 around the screw-threaded neck that receives the burner and wick-tube B, said burner and 1 wick-tube being of any desired character.

The air-distributer O is made as a nearlyflat ring, with the edge preferably strengtherred by folding over the sheet metal, and f the inner portion of this air-distributer ring is permanently fastened to the top of the reservoir A, preferably by soldering the same in its position beneath the flange of the screw threaded neck, so that the parts are strong and permanently connected, and it is advantageous to make the under side of the air-distributer ring convex, as represented, so as to give facility for Wiping the same and removing greasy or foreign substances by a cloth introduced between the flaring portion 3 of the reservoir and the under side of the airdistributer.

The body D of the lamp is usually of sheet I metal and advantageously in the form of a vertical cylinder, the lower end of which is wired at 4 to strengthen the metal, and the same sets around the air-distributer O and rests upon the reservoir adjacent to the shoulder 2, and there are perforations 5 around the lower end of the lamp-body and below the air-distributer for the free admission of atmosphere, and in consequence of the holes .in the air-distributer beingnumerous and quite small the air passes upward to the flame in a finely-subdivided condition, so that the risk of blowing out the flame or causing the same to flicker is reduced to a minimum.

The wick-raising shaft projecting above the air-distributer passes through a notch provided forit inthe lower end of the lamp-body D. In order to hold the reservoir and airan inward projection or lug 6 is provided at one side to pass below the air-distributer, and a spring 7 is provided at the other side, such spring having a hook end that engages below the air-distributer, and it is advantageous to pass the upper portion of the spring through a mortise in the metal of the lamp-body so that the upper part of the spring is within the lamp-body and is riveted at the upper end and the lower part of the spring is outside the lamp-body, with the hook end passing through a mortise to engage the air-distributer, there being a projection 8 or thumbpiece at the outer end of the spring for drawing back the latch, and the portion 9 of the lamp-body that projects behind the spring formsa stop to lessen the risk of the spring being bent and injured when it is acted upon by the thumb or finger to liberate the airdistributer and disconnect the same and the reservoir. The glass or lens E at the front of the lamp is preferably held by a hinged frame at the front of the conical reflector F, and the metal reflector Gis behind the flame.

In the lamp-body, at one or both sides, a slot 14. is made, and there is a cover-plate 10, sliding through a loop 11, to close the slot, and the end of this cover-plate is formed as a ring, through which passes the metal frame 12 for the glass H, which frame is made similar to to an eyelet in shape, the edges of the metal frame receiving and holding the glass 1-1, and the cylindrical body of such metal frame passes through the hole in the cover-plate l0 and also through a sheet-metal ring 13,which is on the inner side of the lamp-body D, and the end of the cylindrical portion of the metal frame being spread holds this ring 13 in its position, and the parts thus connected can be slid along, the cover-plate moving in the loop lland the metal frame 12 moving in the opening 14 in the body of the lamp, the ring 13 being on the inner side of the lamp-body, so as to keep the parts in their proper relative positions, and when slipped aside the opening is large enough for the insertion of a match in lighting the wick, or the flame may be blown out when the glass and cover-plate are moved aside, and when returned to a normal position the side of the lamp is effectually closed, so that air cannot blow in to extinguish the flame or cause it to flicker. The bracket or device for supporting the lamp may be ofany desired character.

Between the circular projection or shoulder 2 and the air-distributer 0 upon the upper part of the reservoir the annular recess receives the inward projection 6 upon the body of the lamp at one side and the end of the spring 7 at the other side in holding the lampreservoir to the lamp-body when these parts are passed up into the lamp-body as the reservoir is applied in its place. The shoulder 2 and part 3 being formed with or connected whether the burner is screwed tightly into the reservoir or not, as the position of the reservoir to the Wick-raiser shaft and the notch in the lamp-body for the same is immaterial.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a lamp-body, of a reservoir having a shoulder upon the upper surface around which the lower end of the lamp body rests, an air distributing ring within the lamp-body and permanently connected to the reservoir around the collar or neck, and a latch for engaging the edge of the air-distributer and holding the same and the lamp-reservoir to the lamp-body, substantially as set forth.

2. The reservoir having an inclined or conical upper surface, and an air-distributer formed as a ring with numerous fine perforations and permanently connected at the inner portion to the top of the reservoir so that there is an open space below the air-distributer and between the same and the reservoir, in combination with a lamp -body setting around the edge of the air-distributer and resting on the reservoir and having holes for the admission of air below the air-distributer and a latch for hooking below the edge of the air-distributer and removably connecting the reservoir to the lamp-body, substantially as set forth.

3. The reservoir having an inclined or conical upper surface, and an air-distributer formed as a ring with numerous fine perforations and permanently connected at the inner portion to the top of the reservoir so that there is an open space below the air-distributer and between the same and the reservoir, in combination with a lamp-body setting around the edge of the air-distributer and resting on the reservoir and having holes for the admission of air below the air-distributer, a spring-latch having a hook-shaped lower end to engage the edge of the air-distributer and extending up within the lamp-body and fastened thereto at its upper end, the metal of the reservoir forming a stop for the springlatch, substantially as set forth.

4. The lamp-body having a circular lower end in combination with the reservoir having a permanently-connected upward projection to pass into the lamp-body with an annular recess around the same and an inward projection at one side of the lamp-body to pass into such annular recess and a spring-latch at the other side of the lamp-body with its end passing into such annular recess to hold the reservoir and lamp-body together and allow of their easy separation, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the lamp -body having a mortise or opening in the side, of a glass, a cover-plate for the opening having a ring at the end thereof, a tubular metal frame receiving the edges of the glass and passing through the hole in the cover-plate and a ring within the lamp-body secured by the inner end of the tubular frame, there being a loop in the metal of the lamp-body through which within the lower part of the lamp-body, and the cover-plate slides, substantially as set the projection and spring-latch for removably forth. connecting the lamp-body directly with the 6, The combination with the lamp-body edge of the air-distributer, substantially as I 5 5 having a circular lower end and holes through set forth.

the same, of a reservoir having an up'wardly- Signed by me this 21st day of December, projecting shoulder around Whichthe lower 1896 end of the lamp-body rests, a circular air-dis- JAMES H. WHITE. tributer permanently connected to the reser- Witnesses: i IO voir around the opening for the removable GEO. T. PINOKNEY,

burner, the edge of such air-distributer being E. E. POHLE. 

